ELA+Kindergarten+Lesson+23

Topic: Flowers

Common Core Standards RL.K.4-- Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. RI.K.2-- With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. RF.K.Ia-- Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. RF.K.3b-- Associate the long and short sounds with common (graphemes) for the five major vowels. RF.K.3c-- Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the. of. to. you. she. my. is. are. do. does). SL.K.5-- Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail. L.K.Ia-- Print many upper- and lowercase letters. L.K.2c-- Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

Suggested Student Objectives
 * Listen for when to pause for punctuation in a story
 * Identify words that begin with /e/
 * Learn that the letter Ee stands for /e/
 * Write letter Ee
 * Learn and use this week's high-frequency words: she, all
 * Identify sequence of events
 * Use proper nouns for days and months

Suggested Additional Readings

The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle To Be Like the Sun by Susan Marie Swanson Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres

Resource Links

BrainPopJr: Parts of a Plant BookFlix: Planting a Rainbow & It Could Still Be a Flower BookFlix: From Seed to Dandelion

PebbleGo -> Earth and Space -> Seasons -> Spring -> Flower Blossoms AND Plants in Spring

Activities

1. How Does My Garden Grow __Materials__ __Description:__
 * Pencils
 * Crayons
 * Worksheet
 * After reading aloud a garden fiction story or reading about plants in spring students can discuss what they would like to grow in their own garden.
 * Statements will be written/dictated and students will illustrate their garden sentence.

2. Plants: Are, Have, Need __Materials:__ __Description:__
 * Pencil
 * Crayons
 * Worksheet
 * After reading aloud plant non-fiction or viewing BrainPopJr movie students will note what plants: Are, Have, Need
 * Example: Are: pretty, colorful Have: leaves, roots, Need: water, sun

Assessments 1. Students will write write about what flowers or plants they would like in their own garden 2. Students will recall and write what plants are, what they have, and what they need

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